Host–Microbe Interactions: Winning the Colonization Lottery
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.068
Abstract: Stochastic bottlenecks during bacterial colonization of animal hosts lead to reduced genetic diversity in the resulting microbiota and, at low-inoculation doses, can result in hosts that remain uncolonized. Bacterial strains vary in their colonization efficiency… read more here.
Keywords: colonization lottery; microbe interactions; colonization; host microbe ... See more keywords